State laws governing voter eligibility vary. Nine states imposea lifetime voting ban on convicted felons. In 32 states, felons canvote after serving their sentences and completing parole.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Virginia's bid to scuttle a lawsuit challenging an 1869 state constitutional provision that imposes a lifetime voting ban on convicted felons, one ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Camping on certain public property will soon be outlawed in Mississippi. House Bill 1203 was co-authored by State Rep. Kevin Felsher (R-District 117). It defines public ...

The challenge to a provision of the state constitution barring convicted felons from voting for life alleges that it violates the 1870 Readmission Act.

A federal judge will decide next week whether to grant a restraining order seeking to halt the enforcement of Mississippi's DEI ban.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A federal lawsuit had been filed against the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), Mississippi Community College Board, Mississippi State ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has seen a consistent rise in the number of families accepting public assistance for child care since lawmakers banned abortion in almost all circumstances ...

The Supreme Court turned away Virginia’s appeal that sought to quash a challenge to the state’s lifetime felon voting ban, allowing the lawsuit based on a Reconstruction-era law to move ahead.

The Supreme Court turned away Virginia’s appeal on Monday that sought to quash a challenge to the state’s lifetime felon voting ban, allowing the lawsuit to move ahead toward trial.